World’s Deadliest Animals Lesson and Scavenger Hunts

Students love lessons about animals, and this Deadliest Animals Library Lesson will be a huge hit!

It includes 26 of the world’s deadliest animals, plus lots of real photos, animal science vocabulary, trivia questions.

This lesson has 81 total pages and slides, and it includes:

• 61-slide Lesson Presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint + Google Slides
  • All body text is editable; you choose which slides you want to use.
  • 24 slides are whole class lesson slides.
  • 37 slides are “scrolling presentation” slides that are great for extending lessons or scrolling in the library during checkout and downtimes.
  • Please note that this presentation is designed to complement a read-aloud. The actual read-aloud story comes from you! Due to copyright laws, read-aloud videos of the books are NOT included.
• Two (2) editable, differentiated scavenger hunts (3 pages, PowerPoint and PDF)
  • Students “hunt” for images and information in the Part 2 scrolling slides part of the presentation. This gives students something to focus on during library checkout and downtime.
  • “Easier” version – Students color the objects as they find them.
  • “Harder” version – Students answer questions about the information in the slides, plus find smaller images.
  • Answer key is included.
• List of 49 recommended books to accompany this lesson (1 page, PowerPoint and PDF)
  • The list is editable and great to hand out to parents, teachers, and students looking for related books.
• Detailed, pre-filled Library Lesson Plan in editable PDF and PowerPoint formats (4 pages), aligned to:
  • AASL National School Library Standards for Learners,
  • National Common Core ELA Standards, and
  • Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS).
• Lesson tips and tricks for librarians on a “specials rotation” (6 pages, PDF)
• Google Classroom Basics (4 pages, PDF)
• Instructions on how to set up PowerPoint slide timings for scrolling slides (2 pages, PDF)

24 Lesson Slides:

Part 1 is a guided whole-class discussion and read-aloud. The slides walk you through the entire class discussion, from start to finish.

• Whole class discussion of ways animals can be deadly
• Guessing Game – using written clues, students try to guess the Top 5 deadliest animals
• Slide for your read-aloud (paste the book cover on the slide).
• Checkout reminders slide — Add your own reminders!
• “What Should We Do Now?” slide — This is very clear instructions on what students should be doing after the lesson.

37 Scrolling Slides:

Part 2 is the scrolling slides. Set them on a timer to scroll on a screen during library checkout. Students can use the scrolling slides to complete one of the two Scavenger Hunts.

• Vocabulary Words of the Week: “anitvenom” and “apex predator”
• Library review: Dewey 500’s section (science)
• 26 different animals from all over the world – See full list below.
• legacy of Steve Irwin, the Crocodile Hunter
• careers – herpetologist and arachnologist
• differences between crocodiles and alligators
• difference between “venomous” and “poisonous”
• More animal vocabulary words: ecosystem, predator, conservation, theropod, bycatch, rabies, vaccinate, ophidiophobia, proteins, Chagas disease, habitat, translucent, nocturnal, 
  food chain, prey, fangs, aggressive
• This week’s schedule, agenda, and birthdays

Featured animals include:

• great white shark
• cassowary
• Komodo dragon
• Brazilian walking spider
• inland taipan snake
• sea snakes
• African lion
• alligator
• saltwater crocodile
• Nile crocodile
• blue-ringed octopus
• scorpion
• assassin bug
• mosquito
• moose
• cape buffalo
• tiger
• elephant
• box jellyfish
• lionfish
• dogs
• poison dart frog
• pufferfish
• polar bear
• ocean sunfish
• hippopotamus

Take Home Extension Activities

Students love sharing their knowledge! With this 2-page editable take-home extension, students can:

• quiz siblings, friends, and family members about some of the animal facts they learned in the library lesson,
• prepare a snake kabob snack (it’s healthy!),
• read some recommended animal-themed picture books,
• review science vocabulary words from the lesson,
• learn to draw a snake using simple, step-by-step directions,
• learn how to sign “alligator” in American Sign Language,
• mosquito safety tips.

Standards Addressed:

AASL National School Library Standards – See the AASL Standards Framework for Learners to view full text.

• Inquire – C.1. – D.3.
• Explore – A.1. – C.1.

Common Core English Language Arts Standards –
© Copyright 2010 National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers. All rights reserved.

• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.7.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.4.4.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.5.1.

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